June 2, 2020 | The spread of the COVID-19 virus has resulted in a severe 鈥� and unique 鈥� recession, which continues to ravage many corners of the Canadian economy. What makes the current "pandemic" recession so different from a "normal" recession, and how should government policy reflect this reality? In this Maclean's article, Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan and Dr. Paul Boothe break down the role of governments and the shortcomings of conventional stimulus in this pandemic context.
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Published on: 2 Jun 2020
June 1, 2020 |聽Recently, a two party agreement was reached in Parliament: the NDP supported the Liberals鈥� motion to suspend regular sittings of Parliament until September, while the Liberals promised to push for a federal policy guaranteeing 10 days of paid sick leave to workers. Given the social distancing guidelines espoused by health experts, is the continued suspension of in-person Parliamentary proceedings actually in the interest of public health? Or is it a ploy by the Liberals to avoid answering tough questions and dealing with non-COVID political issues?
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Published on: 1 Jun 2020
June 1, 2020 | In the coming weeks, the federal government is expected to begin crafting a stimulus package to lift Canada out of the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on which cabinet ministers have been assigned to the project, it seems clear the Liberals want to incorporate their climate goals into the package, addressing climate change and economic recovery at the same time. Is a stimulus package the best way to deal with a pandemic recession? And is mounting a 鈥済reen recovery鈥� the most efficient strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
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Published on: 1 Jun 2020
Thomas Schlich, James 9I制作厂免费 Professor in the History of Medicine, co-authored this research with Bruno J. Strasser from the University of Geneva.聽
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Published on: 29 May 2020
Dick Menzies, professor of medicine and of epidemiology and biostatistics at 9I制作厂免费, and Tim Grant Evans, director of the 9I制作厂免费 School of Population and Global Health, co-authored this article.
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Published on: 29 May 2020
The ongoing聽coronavirus聽crisis is exposing health inequities that have long existed in Canada. As well, Canadian charities and agencies are busy trying to meet the increased need brought on by the pandemic.
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Published on: 26 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has united Canadians more than any other event in decades, according to a new study by 9I制作厂免费 and University of Toronto researchers.聽The study found that among Canadians, there is cross-partisan consensus on the threat the virus poses and measures that need to be taken to battle it. The study also found that when there isn鈥檛 a consensus 鈥� which is the case in the United States 鈥� compliance with physical distancing guidelines is undermined, which poses an obvious threat.
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Published on: 25 May 2020
Jason Harley, a psychologist who is currently an assistant professor at 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Department of Surgery and a member of the university鈥檚 Institute for Health Sciences Education, said the goal of the research is to find ways to better support hospital-based physicians and nurses during this crisis.鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of added stress, a lot of added factors associated with trying to rapidly and effectively adapt protocols 鈥� especially those in hospitals 鈥� to deal with COVID-19,鈥� Harley said.
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Published on: 25 May 2020
May 25, 2020 | The study co-led by Professor Taylor Owen found that among Canadians, there is cross-partisan consensus on the threat the virus poses and measures that need to be taken to battle it. The study also found that when there isn鈥檛 a consensus 鈥� which is the case in the United States 鈥� compliance with physical distancing guidelines is undermined, which poses an obvious threat.聽
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Published on: 25 May 2020
May 21, 2020 | In light of the pandemic, governments have moved quickly to support hard-hit workers and businesses. This provision of economic 鈥渞elief鈥� is different from conventional 鈥渟timulus鈥� common during normal recessions. Whereas stimulus policies are all about getting people back to work and businesses back to normal levels of operation, the current relief policies are about replacing people鈥檚 incomes while they are safely isolating at home. Replacing a big fraction of the lost income is proving to be very expensive for Canada, and the bill is being added to our public debt.
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Published on: 25 May 2020
Thousands of healthy volunteers, including hundreds of Canadians, have offered to try getting injected with a potential vaccine and then purposely becoming infected with COVID-19 to test if the vaccine works.聽Jonathan Kimmelman, a professor of biomedical ethics at 9I制作厂免费, expressed concerns about the risks.
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Published on: 19 May 2020
Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most feared predators in the Age of Dinosaurs, may have been built for endurance, not speed. A paper published Wednesday takes recent research on how mammals move and applies it to dinosaurs. Its conclusions support theories that the massive meat-eaters hunted in packs and opens a window into the ecology of the ancient forests they roamed. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to figure out how much energy is going into and flowing through paleo ecosystems,鈥� said Hans Larsson of Montreal鈥檚 9I制作厂免费, one of the paper鈥檚 co-authors.
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Published on: 14 May 2020
The current pandemic will change cities, experts predict, the way infectious disease outbreaks influenced the development of urban centres in decades past. 9I制作厂免费 urban planning professor David Wachsmuth said cities have historically gone through cycles of densification and what he called 鈥渟paceification鈥� 鈥� for example, after the Second World War when the federal government encouraged people to move from city centres to the 鈥渉ealthier鈥� suburbs.
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Published on: 11 May 2020
When Catherine Hankins first arrived in Montreal in 1986, she never expected she'd get into a spat with the聽provincial health minister. But eight months into a job in聽Montreal's public health department she made headlines for doing just that. The Alberta-born community medicine specialist had moved to Montreal just聽as a mysterious and little-understood new disease was terrorizing the gay community.
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Published on: 11 May 2020
May聽6, 2020 |聽Camps are the solution to many of the problems the school reopening is designed to solve, while significantly mitigating the risks of exposure and transmission. Going to camp gets children out of the house and lets their parents return to work.鈥� Andrew Potter, Associate Professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, explains how mass childcare and summer camps are a precursor to restarting the economy in the face of COVID-19.
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Published on: 7 May 2020
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